A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 571
90 (Fl.\n). (n) Star vaulting (Figs. 77, 78, 79). (/() Panel vaulting is the name given to thisform in England (Fig. 80). 10. Vaults whose ribs, except at ridges, areall arcs of the same circle, differing only inleiigtii, and all jirojierly groin ribs. Suchvaults are neces.sarily domical. Figure 81… … Fig. 01 (Plan). the Lady Chapel at Caudebec, France. (SeeVaulting and subtitles; also France, Pt. I.;Gothic Architecture; Pendant; Roman ImperialArchitecture, cols. 341-343.) — Ch.\rles Babcock. Barrel Vault. A vault having everywherea uniform section, semicircular, or nearly so, aform of Tunnel…
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